The reading, Seeing The Brick, made me realize and appreciate how creative and inventive human kind is. I always find it interesting knowing about how things of the present came to life and the innovative developments that took place and that keep taking place to support their presence. In this case, I enjoyed learning about the history of animation – the different meanings of “animation” to different parties, the early forms of animations, the first methods of producing animations, and the important people behind the industry. I didn’t expect animation to have such deep roots because it still seems modern to me at this point of time. It has quite a deceiving facade as one would think that it’s just a 21st century innovation because of today’s modern technology for animation. I can only imagine what other developments may happen in the future. Are we going to be using robots instead of using computer softwares? Are we going to see a new and cheaper means to make animation a faster process? Will it still be called animation in the future? What will Disney’s next big thing?
It’s really so striking and inspiring to me how what once was just a dream is now a big reality:
“There will be a time when people will gaze at [paintings] and ask why the objects remain rigid and stiff. They will demand action. And to meet this demand the artists of that time will look to the motion picture for help and the artist, working hand in handwith science, will evolve a new school of art that will revolutionise the entire field.” (Quoted in O’Sullivan, 1990:26)
